We encourage frank and open discussion on all manner of strength trainng, nutrition, health, body composition, physiology, exercise psychology and related subjects. We ask that you try to keep on subject, especially during discussion regarding the articles on the site. Do not bring in discussions regarding other articles on the site unless they are related articles. Do not use the forum to talk about the newsletter, unless a moderater has started a thread referring to a specific newsletter from the newsletter archive. If you are a subscriber, the newsletter is a personal letter from me to you. You can respond directly to me (Eric) about said letter.
As of this time, posting is open to all, including guests. However, to post threads you must join the site. If we get a lot of "drive-by" comments we will restrict posting to site members. A "drive by" usually refers to some angry disagreement or refutation by a guest who never comes back to continue the conversation. This is rude and is a waste of our member's time. Since we respond to all comments, whether we agree with them or not, it is not fair to us to take the time to respond to a comment made by a guest who has no intention of ever continuing the discussion.
Remember, even reasonable people can and do reasonably disagree on many issues with mutual respect, and it is important to not take criticisms of perspectives personally or to give others reason to take criticism of perspectives personally — and so how we say things often is just as important (and sometimes even more important) than what we say. Sometimes disagreements can (through protracted discussion) be wrestled to the ground to the mutual satisfaction of all the disputants, and sometimes disagreements cannot (through protracted discussion) be wrestled to the ground to the mutual satisfaction of all the disputants — and when this latter occurs we hope the disputants involved can recognize that continued discussion will likely not end in mutual satisfaction and at that point simply agree to (hopefully respectfully) disagree and move on to the another subject.
Be aware that the responses you get may be frank and to the point. Please do not take the lack of sugar coating to be rudeness or disrespect. It is actually just the opposite. Many times overly "polite" responses are lathered on like a soothing balm on sites such as these and are meant simply to replace thoughtful responses to your comments. We do not show you respect by holding your hand. We also do not show you respect by pretending you make sense when you do not. Unformatted, rambling, and incoherent rants will not be dealt with by coddling and lollygaggling. Not taking the time to separate thoughts into coherent sentences and paragraphs does not encourage us to take you seriously.
Now, feel free to jump into the fray, and enjoy the discussions and free exchanges of information and opinions!
